THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND ITS CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

AUTHOR – DR. CHANDRAKANTHI L, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY LAW COLLEGE & DEPT. OF STUDIES IN LAW, BANGALORE UNIVERSITY & KOKILA S, PG STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY LAW COLLEGE & DEPT. OF STUDIES IN LAW, BANGALORE UNIVERSITY.

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ABSTRACT

Capital punishment or death penalty is the highest level of punishment imposed on criminals in any society or democracy to maintain law and order.  Capital punishment is known as the most severe form of punishment. It serves as punishment for the most heinous, grievous and abhorrent crimes against humanity. In Indian Constitution says that Article 21 -Protection of Life and Personal Liberty. Thus, “Life is precious and death is irrevocable”. There are different kinds of Punishments in India such as Capital punishment, Life Imprisonment, Imprisonment and fine, Capital punishment is one among them and its severe form. India have come across various rise and fall of different dynasties through the passing centuries, the only one thing was followed by the kings was common between them was that the use of death penalty as a means of serving justice. While the death penalty is given to the offenders who have committed the heinous offence in nature. In India Capital punishment is given in the “Rarest of rare case”, and in India most of the death penalty is commuted to life imprisonment, but in China once Capital punishment is awarded it cannot be irrevocable. The research is on the status of Capital punishment in India. The constitutional validity of capital punishment and the judicial approaches towards the capital punishment.